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The firm was amongst four whose payments were withheld by the new Iraqi government due to the lack of procedure and paperwork followed by the CPA in awarding these contracts. The companies were also accused of overcharging and of failing to deliver on their obligations. The US State Department subsequently intervened on their behalf. | The firm was amongst four whose payments were withheld by the new Iraqi government due to the lack of procedure and paperwork followed by the CPA in awarding these contracts. The companies were also accused of overcharging and of failing to deliver on their obligations. The US State Department subsequently intervened on their behalf. | ||
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| − | + | #Special Report, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/military/story/0,11816,1218365,00.html "Don't call us mercenaries, says British company with lucrative contracts and cheap labour"], ''The Guardian'', May 17, 2004 | |
| − | + | #James Cusick, [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4156/is_20050710/ai_n14720217 "The Battle To Stop Freedom Falling Victim To Terrorism Human Rights"], ''Sunday Herald'', July 10, 2005 | |
| + | #David Phinney, [http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=12158 "Contract Quagmire in Iraq"], Special to CorpWatch, April 27th, 2005 | ||
Revision as of 12:35, 13 July 2007
Global Risk Strategies is a London based firm founded by Damien Perl, a former marine, and Charlie Andrews, a former Scots Guard officer. With a modest beginning ferrying NGO employees and media personnel to and from Afghanistan the company soon expanded its operations to renting out secure compounds in Kabul. The US authorities also gave it a contract to distribute new currency in Afghanistan and in Iraq.
The firm is helping the CPA to draft new regulations in Iraq and has also replaced Custer Battles with providing the security at Baghdad airport. The firm has around 1,500 mercenaries of various nationalities working for it in Iraq, majority of them Fijians and Gurkhas. While it pays British or US ex-special forces soldiers more than £300 a day for their services, the 500 Gurkhas and the 500 former members of the Fijian army only receive £35 a day.
Through its senior analyst Tamara Makarenko the firm also has links to the Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence at St Andrews University, a right wing think-tank that provides highly ideological definitions and remedies for terrorism. According to Makarenko, civil liberties are something that one would cherish, only 'if you are a suspect with something to hide.'
The firm was amongst four whose payments were withheld by the new Iraqi government due to the lack of procedure and paperwork followed by the CPA in awarding these contracts. The companies were also accused of overcharging and of failing to deliver on their obligations. The US State Department subsequently intervened on their behalf.
Related Articles
- Special Report, "Don't call us mercenaries, says British company with lucrative contracts and cheap labour", The Guardian, May 17, 2004
- James Cusick, "The Battle To Stop Freedom Falling Victim To Terrorism Human Rights", Sunday Herald, July 10, 2005
- David Phinney, "Contract Quagmire in Iraq", Special to CorpWatch, April 27th, 2005
